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Girls Track

The Lady Vikings Track team remains undefeated in Region competition, moving to 3-0 with a win vs. Blythewood last night. We had solid performances in the 800m (Gabrielle McGee), 1600m (Breanna Murrin, Mary Beth Payne) 3200m (Breanna Murrin, Danielle Murrin, Martina Novotny), 200m (Lanesa Mahon), Pole Vault (Morgan McLeod, Yvonne Thomas, Melissa Smith) and Discus (Mileesha Doctor, Jatyra Holmes).  Our next competition is the Bob Jenkins Coaches Classic at Dutch Fork on Saturday March 26th.

Girls Lacrosse

Spring Valley girl’s lacrosse sailed to an easy victory against Ridge View High School Wednesday night 15-1. The Vikings offense shined with midfielder Payton Starmack scoring 4 goals, attacker Breanna Seawell scoring 3, Turner Prewitt and Taylor Motlong both scoring 2, and Hannah Hawkins, Peyton Stevenson, Indirah Canzater, and Mia Shell each scoring 1. Assists were provided by Breanna Seawell, Hannah Hawkins, Indirah Canzater and Krysta Wilson. 

The Vikings defense never fails to disappoint; shutting out the Blazers until the last 45 seconds of the second half. The Blazers’ only goal came from a man-down free position shot. Spring Valley worked hard to scoop up every ground ball, force turnovers, and grab interceptions. Goalie Gabi Coward saved 80% of the shots on goal, and she currently has the 4th highest save percentage in the state.

The Vikings kick off Spring break with a home game against Richland northeast Friday night at 6:00. Come out and support the unstoppable Vikings!

Discovery Day

It is time to register for Create IT Discovery Day!  This is a great opportunity for 9th, 10th, and 11th graders to learn more about information technology majors in college and about information technology careers.  We will have hands-on IT activities, interviews with college students studying IT, a tour of the USC campus, snacks, and much more.  And it is free!

The event will be held at IT-oLogy, 1301 Gervais Street in Columbia, on April 9 from 12:30 to 5:00. Students can register at http://createit.eventbrite.com, where they can also find more information. Teachers can also register their students at the same link.  Please share the attached poster with anyone who might be interested.

We look forward to seeing you on April 9.

Congratulations Viking Singers

Spring Valley High School Viking Singers earned a SUPERIOR rating at the 2016 SCMEA Festival with all judges giving the chorus perfect or extremely high marks for note and rhythm accuracy, ensemble professionalism and appearance, appropriateness of sung repertoire for voicing and for Festival, and lasting musical impression and effect. 

Big congratulations to Ms. Grace Harding and Mr. Phillip Gilchrist who were both featured during solo portions of the sung pieces composed by Franz Schubert and John Rutter.

Palmetto Health Richland Summer Opportunity

The Volunteer Services Department of Palmetto Health Richland will be hosting a Junior Volunteer program for children ages 14-17 from Tuesday, June 7th till Friday July 29th this summer. We are looking for students who are highly motivated to get involved in the health care field, and can provide a wide range of experiences in multiple departments for them to gain hands on experience.

The final date to apply for the program will be April 15, 2016. There will be a mandatory orientation for the applicants on May 5th from 5:30-8:30 pm. We will be conducting interviews the week of April 25th in order to best place the students.

Click here for the online application. For students who chose to utilize the online application, once it is submitted our office will send out letters to their physician and guidance counselor for references. They will need to follow up to make sure that everything gets done prior to start.

Spring Valley Faculty & Staff Talent Show Tonight

Congratulations to Concert & Symphonic Band

Congratulations to our Concert and Symphonic Band students for the State Performance Assessment. The Concert Band scored straight superior ratings from all 3 adjudicators for their prepared stage performance of three contrasting works. They earned straight superior ratings in the sight reading performance from those 2 adjudicators for a total of 5 straight superior ratings. This is now awarded as a Superior Rating With Distinction from SCBDA. Our Symphonic Band scored an overall rating of Superior.  Bravo to our Concert and Symphonic Band students!!

Spring Break March 28 - April 1

Schools, centers and administrative offices will be closed March 28 - April 1 for spring break. We hope you will have a restful and fun spring break.

Job Opportunities for Students

Olive Garden at 10136 Two Notch Road is hiring.  Apply at the restaurant.

Chick-Fil-A on Two Notch Road is hiring.  Apply at the restaurant.

2016 SC AFA Outstanding AFJROTC Unit Award

Congratulations to the cadets and staff of the Spring Valley JROTC on winning the 2016 SC Air Force Association Outstanding AFJROTC Unit Award, the Sword of Excellence, which recognizes the outstanding AFJROTC unit in the state of South Carolina during the current school year. The Award consists of the Sword of Excellence (an engraved plaque with a sword mounted across the top and winning school name engraved on one of the plates across the bottom). This is a rotating award, which will be displayed by the winning school until returned to the Air Force Association (AFA) State Convention.

Mr. Spring Valley 2016

Viking Nation crowned Mr. Spring Valley and his royal court during the Mr. Spring Valley contest on Saturday, March 19th. 

The winners are:

• Mr. Spring Valley and Mr. Leadership- Vladmire Haynes
• Mr. Senior and Mr. Money Maker- Tyler Froelich
• Mr. Junior and Mr. Grand Talent- James Smith III
• Mr. Sophomore- Patrick Dodd
• Mr. Freshman- Trevon Andre Sutton

Congratulations to all the young gentleman who were crowned !

Viking Sports Wrap

Softball

Blythewood 6, Spring Valley 5: The Lady Vikings played with a lot of heart in a very hard fought game against Blythewood yesterday, but came up just short of a victory.  Breanna Martinez went 3 for 3 with 2 homeruns, and Sabrina Martinez went 2 for 3 with a homerun. Overall record is now at 5-5, and 1-2 in region play.  We travel to Westwood in another region match up Thursday.  

Boys Tennis

The boy's tennis team defeated Blythewood 6-0 yesterday.  Winning for Spring Valley at singles in decending order were Noah Guyton, Tyler Froelich, Vikranth Reddy, Austin Bridgers, and Dylan Burke.  Winning at #2 doubles was Connor Kreese and Jonanthony Hurley.

The Vikings play again Thursday at Westwood at 5:00.  

Palmetto Girls State and Boys State Delegates

It is that time of year for the selection of Palmetto Girls State and Boys State Delegates. This is a huge honor to be considered and possibly chosen to represent Spring Valley High School. Eligibility of delegates is limited to girls and boys who have completed their junior or third year of high school and who will return to high school as seniors in August.

Potential delegates must possess the following qualifications and/or characteristics: Nominees to Palmetto Girls and Boys State should be the best leaders from the school and community and should be young women of strong, moral character.

1. Leadership ability
2. Interest in government
3. Character
4. Maturity
5. Honesty
6. Scholarship
7. Cooperativeness
8. Desire to participate in the program.

The program will be held at Anderson University in Anderson, SC during the week of June 5 – 11, 2016.

The week is a hands-on application of government and citizenship. Delegates will participate in mock political activities at all levels of government by creating the mythical state of “Palmetto.”

Click links below to download the application.

Palmetto Girls State Application                 Palmetto Boys State Application 

****Applications may also be picked up in the Main Office or Student Activities (C-127) through Wednesday, April 5th.  

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Boys Golf

The golf team improved its record with a 46 shot victory over the Brookland Cayce Bearcats. The teams score of 151 is their second best of the season. The team  was led by Fulton Jones and senior captain William Sullivan both with scores of 38.

Girls Soccer

Over the weekend, the girls soccer team participated in the Crescent Cup. Final record was 2-1. Victories were over Pelion (5-0) and A-#2 Christ Church (3-0). The loss was to Crescent Cup runner-up and AA-#1 Bishop England (2-0). The girls record is now 5-5-1. Next game is tomorrow evening at home against Blythewood.

Girls Track & Field

The Lady Vikings Track team continued their success on the track by placing 2nd overall this past weekend in the Trojan Relays at Northwestern High School. We had solid performances with 1st place finishes in the 4X1600, 4x800 relays on the track and in the Throws with Shot Put and Discus. We travel to Blythewood on Wednesday 3/23.

Boys Lacrosse

The boys lacrosse team traveled to Dutch Fork. The Silver Foxes had the number for Spring Valley winning 14-1.  Tre Hollis scored on an assist from Ryan Westbrook. Caleb Conner had 9 saves.

Next game will be Saturday, April 2 at Clover HS

Girls Lacrosse

In a hard fought defensive battle Spring Valley girl’s lacrosse defeated Dutch Fork 4-2 at home Monday night. The game had a slow start with both teams’ offense unable to score thanks in large part to the well executed defense. Senior attacker Breanna Seawell made her way onto the board 8 minutes in and the score remained 1-0 until the last few minutes of the half when the Silver Foxes chipped in a penalty shot to close the half.

Congratulations to SV Orchestra Program

Congratulations to the students of the Spring Valley High School Orchestra Program! On March 19th, they participated in the SCMEA Region III Orchestra Concert Festival event at Keenan High School. This event is an adjudicated festival, in which orchestras are evaluated on their performances of prepared pieces and sight reading for an overall rating. The Spring Valley Orchestras received the following overall ratings:

String Orchestra: Superior Rating (I)

Concert Orchestra: Superior Rating (I)

Chamber Orchestra: Superior Rating (I)

The students represented Spring Valley well on and off stage! Thank you for your support of the Spring Valley orchestra program!

USC Region II Science and Engineering Fair Awards

Sarayu Das and Luke Marazzo

Sixty-eight Discovery sophomores and juniors competed in the University of South Carolina Region II Science and Engineering Fair on March 11th, 2016. Each of these students did an outstanding job presenting his/her research to the judges from University of South Carolina, the United States Navy/Marine Corps, Fort Jackson, Congaree National Park, INTEL and many other professional organizations. 

Approximately 200 students from area high schools were interviewed by judges to determine the best of the 162 submitted projects. Sarayu Das and Luke Marazzo were chosen as the Grand Female and Male Award Winners, respectively. Ishita Kapoor and Dev Ramesh were awarded the Silver Medal/Second place Grand Awards.  Sarayu and Luke will travel to Phoenix, Arizona in May to compete in the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF).  Ishita and Dev will attend ISEF as Observers. Evan Johnson was chosen to compete in the International Sustainable World (Energy, Engineering, & Environment) Project Olympiad (I-SWEEEP) in Houston, TX, also in May. 

Please see the complete list of awards that our students earned.  Congratulations to all of our students, their families, and their research teachers, Dr. Joanne Bedlek-Anslow, Mr. Dale Soblo, and Mrs. Michelle Spigner on their outstanding work!

Job Opportunities for Students

Sonic Restaurant, Two Notch road location, is hiring.  Interviews will be March 28, from 4pm-6pm.

They are looking for part time night crew members. Positions would be roller skating car hops, fountain and kitchen/cook.  Must be at least 16 years old.  See Eddie Miles when you go for the interview.

Yogen Fruz at Village at Sandhills is hiring team members.  Starting pay is $7.50 per hour.  Apply at www.yogenfruzsc.com

Students can earn Work based Learning credit for both of these jobs.  See Mrs. Morgan for Work Based Learning information.

HOSA students participate in State Leadership Conference

Spring Valley's HOSA attended the 2016 HOSA State Leadership Conference in Charleston, SC on March 16-18, 2016.  Twenty six HOSA members attended and competed in the event.  Priyanka Rao was elected as the 2016-2017 HOSA Secretary and Tanvi Mehta was elected as the 2016-2017 HOSA Vice President.

The First Place winners were Arya Soman in Dental Terminology, Alekhya Mitta in Human Growth and Development, Ishita Kapoor in Physical Therapy, Aman Pitalia in Sports Medicine, Justin Green in Job Seeking Skills, and Nerielle Legaspi and Wenxin Fan in Health Career Display.  

Second Place winners were Hanamei Shao in Behavioral Health, Sreeja Varanasi in Biomedical Laboratory Science, and Tanvi Mehta and Priyanka Rao in Emergency Medical Technicians.  

The Third Place winner was Sarayu Das in Transcultural Health Care.

Pricilla Li won a $1000.00 Scholarship  and Malarie Schexnider won a $600.00 Scholarship.  Malarie Schexnider was selected as the SVHS Outstanding HOSA Member.  Ishita Kapoor  was a top winner in the Healthcare Issues Exam.  Vinita Cheepurupalli was a Bronze Barbara James Service Award winner.  SVSH HOSA was a Silver Award contributor in the Leukemia and Lymphoma National Service Project.  Nerielle Legaspi accepted the award for the HOSA Chapter Reflections Scrapbook Award.  The students were chaperoned by Lorie McDuffie, Layne Bee and Mary Morgan.

The SLC winners will compete in the  HOSA International Leadership Conference in Nashville, Tennessee in June 2016.

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Softball

Spring Valley 14, Ridge View 12: The softball team won a back and forth contest with Ridge View Friday night.  After we had gone ahead 2-0, the visiting Lady Blazers scored 7 runs in the 4th inning.  Our girls never gave up, and kept chipping away at the score: 2 runs in the bottom half of the fourth, 6 runs in the fifth, and 4 more in the sixth.  Jade Mickle, Cameron Cooper, Sabrina Martinez and Maggie Tolar all had multiple hits for our team.  Overall record is now 5-4, and we are 1-1 in region play.  Next game is tomorrow as we travel to take on Blythewood.  Wish the girls good luck!

Boys Track

The Boys Track Team is off to a good start for the season. The team is 4-0 after beating Dutch Fork last week 101 to 40. This weekend the team won the Trojan Relays in Rock Hill after winning the Diamond Hornet Invitational at LR the week before.

Solid performances have been turned in by Trevon Cheeks, Prince Howard-Whitaker, Teyvion Mayo, Kareem Hinds, and Javondii Myers.

Javondii high jumped 6'8" on Saturday which is the second best jump in school history.

Spring Valley Players Ads for High School Musical

Spring Valley Faculty & Staff Talent Show

South Carolina Technology Student Association State Conference

 Top Photo
L-R (Josh Roper, Paul Dubberly, Maggie McKissen, and Nick Junker)

On Friday 3/18 and Saturday 3/19, students Josh Roper, Paul Dubberly, Maggie McKissen, and Nick Junker from Spring Valley's chapter of the Technology Student Association (TSA) competed at the SC TSA State Conference in Myrtle Beach. They represented Spring Valley's robotics team, 120E Green & Gold Robotics, and focused on the TSA VEX Robotics event.  They finished 2nd in robot driving skills and 3rd in robot programming skills.  Then they won their quarterfinal match against team 7432 Dutch Fork High School, but lost their semifinal match against team 916A Center for Advanced Technical Studies (CATS), who lost in the finals to team 9447A Palmetto Scholars Academy (PSA). Overall, the SC TSA sends 3 teams Tournament Champion, Design Award winner, and Excellence Award winner to represent SC in the national TSA competition. PSA was the Tournament Champion, CATS won the Design Award, and Spring Valley won the Excellence Award. So, as the Excellence Award winner, Spring Valley will join PSA and CATS to represent SC and compete in the TSA VEX Robotics event at the 2016 National TSA Conference in Nashville, TN this summer.

Career Discovery Day

NYU Summer Program

Acing The ACT

ACT Boot Camp

SVEF Scholarships

Mr.Spring Valley 2016 Tomorrow @ 6:30

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Girls Soccer

Last night, the girls soccer team opened play at the Crescent Cup (32 team tournament at BC\Airport HSs). In a dominant game, the girls opened with a 5-0 win and advance in the winners bracket to what will be a very difficult noon game Saturday against a TBD winner (Bishop England or St. Joseph's). The team will also play Saturday afternoon at either 4:30 or 6pm, depending if a winner or loser at noon. Winning three games would result in a final four berth on Sunday.

Crescent Cup @ Brookland-Cayce

Spring Valley 5

Pelion   0

Goals: Hallie Westall 2, Morgan Molosso, Carolina Downs, Austin Lea

Goalies: SV Alex Ramos, P Kayla Williams

Records: SV 4-4-1, P 4-4-0

Boys Golf

The Viking golf team shot a 157 to beat the team from Westwood by 40 strokes on Thursday.

Junior Fulton Jones was the low medalist and led the team with a 1 under par score of 35.

Softball

Spring Valley 10, Irmo 9: The Lady Vikings won last night at Irmo.  It was a hard fought, full team victory.  Alexis Edgerton, Jourdan Bostic, Sabrina Martinez, Jade Mickle, Kylie Player and Maggie Tolar all had multiple hits on the evening.  Bostic tallied 4 RBI’s and Breanna Martinez had a 2 run homerun in the sixth inning to put us ahead for the remainder of the game.  Next game is tonight against Ridge View at home.  Come out and support the girls!

Girls Lacrosse

On Thursday night the Spring Valley girl’s lacrosse team took down the Blythewood Bengals 7-4. The Vikings had been counting down the days to this game since their bitter overtime loss just two weeks ago. The tone had been set, and they did not disappoint. The Vikings defense denied the Bengals’ first attempt at attacking the goal and delivered the ball into their offensive end. 

Congratulations to SV Winter Guard

Congratulations to the Spring Valley High School Winter Guard! They won their final competition of the season. They were first place at the White Knoll CWEA (Carolina Winter Ensemble Association) Contest. Way to go, ladies!

Columbia Urban League Scholarships Open Now!

SAT Workshop April 23rd

Thanks to the generous support of the Spring Valley Education Foundation, we will be hosting a final SAT workshop for this school year. Registration is required. Please see Ms. Dickerson in the CIC if you have any questions. 

Save The Date SVEF Multicultural Food & Arts Festival

Viking Sports Wrap

Softball 

Lugoff-Elgin 17, Spring Valley 4

The softball team took a tough loss to region opponent LE.  This puts our overall record at 3-4, and region record at 0-1. The girls look to bounce back on Thursday as they travel to play Irmo. 

Boys Tennis

The boy's tennis team defeated Lugoff-Elgin 5-1.

Match Results

Singles

    Spring Valley  -  Lugoff Elgin     Score

1-  Noah Guyton - Hunter Horton        0-6  1-6  L

2-  Tyler Froelich - Spencer Hinton     6-0  6-0  W

3-  Vikranth Reddy - Tyler Matthews   6-0  6-0  W

4-  Dylan Burker  -  Harrison Garcia    6-0  6-2  W

5-  Jonanthony Hurley - Evan Freier   6-1  6-0  W

Doubles

Connor Kreese/Austin Bridgers - Matthew Mills/Ryan Hill  6-1  6-3  W

Girls Soccer

The girls soccer team opened region play last night with a thrilling win at Lugoff-Elgin. After going 1-1 through regulation and overtime, SV won the game in PKs (4-3) on the last kick. The team will next be in action this Thursday-Sunday at the Crescent Cup, an invitational hosted by B-C and Airport high schools.

Student Council Interest Meeting Today

Spring Valley Faculty & Staff Talent Show

ACT Boot Camp

Mr.Spring Valley 2016

Spring Valley Players Ads for High School Musical

Palmetto Girls State and Boys State Delegates

It is that time of year for the selection of Palmetto Girls State and Boys State Delegates. This is a huge honor to be considered and possibly chosen to represent Spring Valley High School.  Eligibility of delegates is limited to girls and boys who have completed their junior or third year of high school and who will return to high school as seniors in August.

Potential delegates must possess the following qualifications and/or characteristics:  Nominees to Palmetto Girls and Boys State should be the best leaders from the school and community and should be young women of strong, moral character.

1. Leadership ability

2. Interest in government

3. Character

4. Maturity

5. Honesty

6. Scholarship

7. Cooperativeness

8. Desire to participate in the program.

The program will be held at Presbyterian College in Clinton, SC, during the week of June 5 – 11, 2016.  

The week is a hands-on application of government and citizenship. Delegates will participate in mock political activities at all levels of government by creating the mythical state of “Palmetto.”

Click links below to download the application.
Palmetto Girls State Application                 Palmetto Boys State Application 

****Applications may also be picked up in the Main Office or Student Activities (C-127) through Wednesday, May 23rd. 

Midlands Tech Quick Jobs Event

RNE is hosting a Quick Jobs info session next week and it is open to all district students and parents - Tuesday from 6-8.  The program director from MTC will be there as well as the reps from the various programs. This would be good for seniors who haven't made plans after graduation and parents who may be underemployed or interested in a new career.  Please see the attached flyer you can use for your news resources.

AVID Enrollment OPEN

AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) is a college-readiness system designed to increase the number of students who enroll in four-year colleges. Although AVID strategies can serve all students, enrollment in the AVID program focuses on the least served students in the academic middle. The formula is simple - raise expectations of students and, with the AVID support system in place, they will rise to the challenge.

If you are interested in the AVID program for your student, please visit the following link for more information about the program and to apply for the 2016-2017 school year.  The deadline to apply is March 25, 2016.

https://www.richland2.org/svh/Pages/AVID.aspx

SVH JROTC presents Check to Lonnie B. Nelson (ACE)

Spring Valley JROTC presented Lonnie B Nelson Elementary's Academy for Civic Engagement (ACE) a check for $1000.00 on Tuesday morning. The ACE is engaging students in a year long fund raiser, House In a Box, to assist families displaced from the flood last Fall. Cadets from the Corps of Cadets mentor students at Lonnie B Nelson twice a month.

Discovery Students Compete at USC Region II Science and Engineering Fair

Top Row L-R (Mika McAnally, Sirila Padi and Thomas McLean )
Middle Row L-R (Preston Carlton, Moji Awe and Wesley Hankinson)
Bottom Row L-R (Eddie Tremolada, Evan Johnson and Ishita Kapoor)

Sixty-Eight Discovery sophomores and juniors competed in the 2016 USC Region II Science and Engineering Fair on Friday, March 11th. Students presented their research projects to multiple judges in competition for Category and Special Awards.  Results of the competition will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on March 20th at 4 pm in the USC Booker T. Washington Auditorium.  We are very proud of all of our student researchers for their outstanding work and professionalism. 

Spring Valley Players Ads

Instagram Scholarship Competition

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Women in Engineering Summer Camp

Palmetto Girls State and Boys State Delegates

It is that time of year for the selection of Palmetto Girls State and Boys State Delegates. This is a huge honor to be considered and possibly chosen to represent Spring Valley High School.  Eligibility of delegates is limited to girls and boys who have completed their junior or third year of high school and who will return to high school as seniors in August.

Potential delegates must possess the following qualifications and/or characteristics:  Nominees to Palmetto Girls and Boys State should be the best leaders from the school and community and should be young women of strong, moral character.

1. Leadership ability

2. Interest in government

3. Character

4. Maturity

5. Honesty

6. Scholarship

7. Cooperativeness

8. Desire to participate in the program.

The program will be held at Presbyterian College in Clinton, SC, during the week of June 5 – 11, 2016.  

The week is a hands-on application of government and citizenship. Delegates will participate in mock political activities at all levels of government by creating the mythical state of “Palmetto.”

Click links below to download the application.
Palmetto Girls State Application                 Palmetto Boys State Application 

****Applications may also be picked up in the Main Office or Student Activities (C-127) through Wednesday, May 23rd. 

Mr.Spring Valley 2016

France Trip Info Meeting Tonight

France Trip Info Meeting

Date: Tuesday, March 15 

Time: 6-7pm in room E-325 

Students and parents have begun signing up for our 2017 France Trip, and we still have room for travelers! Bring any questions you may have to the informational meeting on March 15 after viewing the itinerary, pricing, and sign-up information here: explorica.com/stephens-91

Slideshow from our 2015 trip: tinyurl.com/VoyageEnFrance2015

You may also email questions to wstephens@richland2.org

South Carolina VEX State Championship

Both of Spring Valley's VEX robotics teams -- club team Green & Gold Robotics and class team Viking EDD -- competed in the SC VEX State Championship on Saturday March 12 at River Bluff High School. In the above picture club president Josh Roper talks about the team's design process to the judges. The students had a great time despite the way Murphy's Law seemed to carry the day. The students had to work together to overcome one challenge after another. For Viking EDD, Mary Chambers and William Harris competed in the first two matches, Mary Chambers and Spencer Henry competed in the second two matches, and Joseph Duncan and Jordan Thomas competed in the last two matches. For Green & Gold Robotics, our first drive team -- Maggie McKissen, Brennan Ravan, and Paul Dubberly -- and our second drive team -- Emanuel Jung, Murray McDaniel, and Nithin Saravanapandian -- alternated their matches. Alas, at the end of the day, neither the club nor the class team advanced to the quarterfinals. Still, it was a lot of fun and a great experience.